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The study of cropping pattern is very important because it provide evidences about the changes that
are taking place in landuse related to agriculture. The vast, extensive and densely populated state of
Uttar Pradesh, while generally backward and predominantly agriculture is marked by considerable
changes in cropping pattern. The study focuses on E...
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... on the foothills of Himalayan ranges Eastern Uttar Pradesh lies between 23° 50' and 28° 45' North Latitude and 80° 57' and 84° 50' East Longitude (Fig. 1). The Eastern Uttar Pradesh structurally forms part of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, which lies between the northern Gondwana land of Peninsular India in the south and the recently built Himalayan chain of mountains in the north. Eastern Uttar Pradesh with a total area of 85845 km 2 enjoy central location in North India and it shares 35.63 ...
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Present study in on secondary data base of Bulandshahr district of Western Uttar Pradesh. Important crops of the district are wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize, onion, pearl millet, rapeseed and mustard, potatoes, fruits and vegetables and fodder crops. Due to biotic and abiotic reasons, it was observed that that there is an increase in area under Rice, Sugarcane, Fruits and vegetable and Potato during 1990 to 2017.We have worked out the compound decadal growth rate of area for these crops which was positive i.e.for rice (112%), fruits and vegetable (10%), sugarcane (3%) and potatoes (3%) for the period from 1990 to 2017. The important reasons were for increase in area were assured irrigation, subsidised power and inputs, pest and disease control, high yielding and resistant varieties and assured procurement by government and private agencies. In 1990s, when irrigation facility was short and crops were mainly cultivated in rainfedcondition.The pulses, oilseeds,barley, sesamum, pearl millet, rapeseed and mustard and sorghum had higher area in 1990s. However, over the years by 2017, the area under pearl millet (8%), sorghum (100%), rapeseed and mustard (45%), oilseeds (48%) and barley (75%) and sesamum (97%) had reduced. These crops could not compete well due to less improved and resistant varieties, lesser demand, less procurement in market by government and private agencies. The analysis clearly indicates that farmers are moving towards high value market oriented agriculture crops that resulted in change in cropping pattern.
Present study in on secondary data base of Bulandshahr district of Western Uttar Pradesh. Important crops of the district are wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize, onion, pearl millet, rapeseed and mustard, potatoes, fruits and vegetables and fodder crops. Due to biotic and abiotic reasons, it was observed that that there is an increase in area under Rice, Sugarcane, Fruits and vegetable and Potato during 1990 to 2017.We have worked out the compound decadal growth rate of area for these crops which was positive i.e.for rice (112%), fruits and vegetable (10%), sugarcane (3%) and potatoes (3%) for the period from 1990 to 2017. The important reasons were for increase in area were assured irrigation, subsidised power and inputs, pest and disease control, high yielding and resistant varieties and assured procurement by government and private agencies. In 1990s, when irrigation facility was short and crops were mainly cultivated in rainfedcondition.The pulses, oilseeds,barley, sesamum, pearl millet, rapeseed and mustard and sorghum had higher area in 1990s. However, over the years by 2017, the area under pearl millet (8%), sorghum (100%), rapeseed and mustard (45%), oilseeds (48%) and barley (75%) and sesamum (97%) had reduced. These crops could not compete well due to less improved and resistant varieties, lesser demand, less procurement in market by government and private agencies. The analysis clearly indicates that farmers are moving towards high value market oriented agriculture crops that resulted in change in cropping pattern.
